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Was an Italian statesman and de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic during the Italian Renaissance.
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Gutenberg produced what is considered to be the first book ever printed: a Latin language Bible, printed in Mainz, Germany.
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After receiving an education that allowed him to cultivate a good grasp of the Latin and Italian classics he entered government service as a clerk.
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was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and noted Renaissance humanist
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The Spanish Inquisition was used for both political and religious reasons. Spain is a nation-state that was born out of religious struggle between numerous different belief systems including Catholicism, Islam, Protestantism and Judaism
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had a change of conscience regarding publishing the Bible in English.
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After sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sights a Bahamian island, believing he has reached East Asia
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Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama becomes the first European to reach India via the Atlantic Ocean when he arrives at Calicut on the Malabar Coast.
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The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait of a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, which has been acclaimed as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the worl
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In Autumn 1504 the Florentines witnessed an exceptional event: after four days travelling round the city, transported with care.
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The door functioned as a bulletin board for various announcements related to academic and church affairs.
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Transfiguration is the last painting by the Italian High Renaissance master Raphael.
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Elizabeth succeeded her half-sister to the throne
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Extremely important for the Protestant Reformation
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This is the founding document of the Jesuits as an official Catholic religious
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Was a mathematician and astronomer who proposed that the sun was stationary in the center of the universe and the earth revolved around it.
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William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor.
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Sir Walter Raleigh funded expeditions to Roanoke Island.
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attempt to invade England
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is a thermometer made of a sealed glass cylinder containing a clear liquid.
